- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Public opinion polls in particular regions of Mauritania have found that homophobic beliefs persist, however, this is based on a limited number of data points.
Mauritania is missing public opinion data.
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Suggest Public Opinion DataHistory
Homosexual activity in Mauritania is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Mauritania is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mauritania is imprisonment as punishment.
Right to change legal gender in Mauritania is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mauritania is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Mauritania is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Mauritania is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Mauritania is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Mauritania is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Mauritania is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Mauritania is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Mauritania is not banned.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Mauritania.
- Hodh el Gharbi
- Inchiri
- Tagant
- Tiris Zemmour
- Trarza
- Nouakchott (District)